An AP/NORC poll published late in December found that health care ranked number one on the list of the public’s priorities for government. It’s a well done and well reported poll, and as the head of a health policy and journalism organization, I suppose I should be happy that health ranked number one.
Yes, but: Having conducted and watched health care polling for decades, I’d caution readers not to over-interpret health care’s first place finish, which may not mean very much for upcoming elections. They are unlikely to be about health care and are much more likely to be about the candidates and President Trump. CONT.
Drew Altman (Kaiser Family Foundation), Axios